Data Sources
417+ indicators from 6 authoritative international organizations
Statistics of the World sources its statistical data exclusively from official international organizations — we never fabricate or adjust values, and every number on this site can be traced back to its original publisher. This page documents all of our data sources: the six statistical organizations behind the country indicators, plus the market and event feeds that power our live-data tools.
1. IMF World Economic Outlook (WEO)
The IMF WEO is the gold standard for international macroeconomic data. It provides harmonized GDP, growth, inflation, unemployment, government debt, current account, and fiscal indicators for 193 countries, including estimates for the current year and projections 5 years forward.
Key indicators from IMF: GDP, GDP growth, GDP per capita, inflation, unemployment, government debt, GDP PPP.
2. World Bank World Development Indicators (WDI)
The WDI is the world's most comprehensive development database, covering 300+ indicators across health, education, environment, infrastructure, governance, trade, labor, demographics, and more. Data is compiled from national statistical agencies, UN agencies, and specialized organizations.
Key indicators from World Bank: population, life expectancy, CO2 emissions, fertility rate, poverty, inequality, education spending, health spending, FDI, trade.
3. WHO Global Health Observatory (GHO)
The WHO GHO provides health-specific indicators including disease prevalence, healthcare infrastructure, immunization rates, and cause-specific mortality. WHO data complements World Bank health indicators with more granular clinical and epidemiological measures.
4. FRED
Federal Reserve Economic Data — US interest rates, Treasury yields, money supply, CPI, employment.
5. United Nations
Population projections, trade statistics (COMTRADE), and SDG indicators from UN agencies.
6. Yahoo Finance
Real-time stock indices, commodities, currencies, and crypto prices for market data.
Market & Event Data Feeds
Beyond the statistical databases above, our live-data tools (markets, economic calendar, and prediction-market pages) draw on specialized feeds. These power interactive tools only and are not part of the country statistics database:
- Finnhub — live equity and index quotes for the markets pages. finnhub.io ↗
- Alpha Vantage — commodity prices and foreign-exchange rates. alphavantage.co ↗
- ForexFactory — economic-calendar release schedule (dates and consensus figures for upcoming data releases). forexfactory.com ↗
- Polymarket — prediction-market probabilities shown on our predictions page. polymarket.com ↗
Data Licensing & Attribution
IMF data is published under a Creative Commons Attribution license. World Bank data is available under the CC BY 4.0 license. WHO data is free for non-commercial use with attribution. We encourage users to cite both Statistics of the World and the original data source — see our citation guide.